Aug 14, 2009

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Aug 14, 2009

Submitted by Michael Junghans: 10 August 2009 - Last Thursday, on Bali, Indonesia, a jury of six eminent legal and human rights experts heard real-life testimonies of human trafficking, violence and exploitation at a symbolic trial organized to raise awareness about these issues in South-East Asia.Among the witnesses was a young Cambodian woman. She told (Read More)

Jun 20, 2009

Submitted by Michael Junghans: On August 1, 2009 Eric Proffitt will set off from London’s Westminster Abby and run nearly a marathon a day for 25 days as part of his Break These Chains campaign to raise awareness about human trafficking."I’m doing this to help the world know that human trafficking still happens in every city on earth.” Proffitt said in a (Read More)

Jun 20, 2009

Submitted by Michael Junghans: 6 June 2009 - Nearly 130, 000 people in sub-Saharan countries, and 230,000 in the Middle East and Northern Africa are in forced labour, including sexual exploitation, as a result of human trafficking. These International Labour Organisation (ILO) estimates paint a grim picture of human trafficking in Africa. A greater numb (Read More)

May 11, 2009

Submitted by Michael Junghans: 6 March 2008 - Last night at the Women's World Awards in Vienna, UNODC Executive Director Antonio Maria Costa launched the Blue Heart Campaign with many actors such as Claudia Cardinale and Monica Bellucci to rally world public opinion against human trafficking. Other stars in attendance included the actor Christopher Lee a (Read More)

May 11, 2009

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May 11, 2009

Submitted by Michael Junghans: The United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) was conceived to promote the global fight on human trafficking. (Read More)

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